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Baseball Fans Aim to Give Jews a League of Their Own
c. 2006 Religion News Service
HINSDALE, Mass. _ Israeli customs officers are used to searching odd-shaped packages, and Richard Grayson's baggage certainly qualified.
``What are these for?'' the officer asked, staring at 14 dozen shiny, new baseballs Grayson was carrying.
With a...
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Catholic Youth Program Balances Playing Time
c. 2006 Religion News Service
CLEVELAND _ The gymnasium walls did not come tumbling down.
Would-be Bobby Knights and the intense sports parents who enable them survived.
And none of the more than 11,000 Northeast Ohio fourth- to eighth-graders who play Catholic Youth Organizatio...
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Clinton on “Interreligious Understanding”
Quote of the Day: Former President Bill Clinton
"For people in America who are a part of my political tradition, our great sin has often been ignoring religion or denying its power or refusing to engage it because it seemed hostile to us. For ... the so-called Christian right and its...
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For Bodywashers of Iraq, an Endless Stream of Corpses
c. 2006 Religion News Service
BAGHDAD, Iraq _ The wooden coffins are secured on the roof racks of new minivans, battered compact cars and in the beds of pickup trucks. The vehicles line a narrow, pock-marked dirt alley that leads to a body-washing parlor, where the deceased are clea...
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COMMENTARY: The (Easter) Mystery of Daylight Savings Time
c. 2006 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) Everybody knows the longing that comes with the returning light of spring. We call it spring fever. It fills us with a yearning that we cannot quite name, and it inspires daydreaming about destinations so vague that even FedEx couldn't find th...
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Yankees donate $20,000 to church
Quote of the Day: New York Yankees Chief Operating Officer Lonn Trost
"When we heard what had happened to our neighbor, we wanted to reach out and enable them to continue their much-needed community service."
-Lonn Trost, chief operating officer of the New York Yankees, commenting on...
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Muslim Girls Hoop It Up in Hijabs
c. 2006 Religion News Service
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. _ Each afternoon before basketball practice, Hiba Hussain swaps her regular polyester Muslim head scarf for a cotton one.
The cotton better absorbs sweat as she hustles down the court, scurries for rebounds and dives for loose ba...
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Muslim girls playing basketball; and Jewish girls assimilating
In Monday's RNS report Jeff Diamant writes about a team of Muslim girls who play high school basketball. There are fewer than a half-dozen girls basketball teams at Islamic schools in the country: Each afternoon before basketball practice, Hiba Hussain swaps her regular polyester Mus...
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COMMENTARY: Competition Should Inspire, Not Denigrate
c. 2006 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) Across the countries of the world, no sport is more competitive than soccer. We've all heard the stories of entire stadiums erupting in violence. Many world-class arenas are now ringed in wire to keep irate fans from storming the field and att...
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Christian Throwback Jerseys Promote Bible Verses
c. 2006 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) Army Reserve Sgt. 1st Class Cornell Jackson switches out of his military uniform and pulls on what looks like a Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls basketball jersey bearing the number 23.
But where the word ``Bulls'' would be, it says ``Psalm.'' S...
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